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...least they seem to if you live in the U.S. From 1995 to 1999, a record 33 hurricanes struck the Atlantic basin, and that doesn?t include 1992?s horrific Hurricane Andrew, which clawed its way across south Florida in 1992, causing $27 billion dollars worth of damage. More-frequent hurricanes are part of most global warming models, and as mean temperatures rise worldwide, it?s hard not to make a connection between the two. But hurricane-scale storms occur all over the world, and in some places-including the North Indian ocean and the region near Australia-the number...
...there it is. Three summers, immense sums of money spent on my behalf, frequent flier miles earned, friends earned and lost, and I’m back to where I started: a jack of all trades but a master of none...
Lucey said that Harvard had decided not to use Cowperthwaite after consulting with the Cambridge Fire Department. Stephen Boyle, a fireman who covers the Kerry Corner area, said that the Houses on Cowperthwaite are frequent destinations for emergency vehicles...
...suppose I had it coming. My parents drink three cups a day. They’re such loyal (or, more to the point, frequent) Starbucks customers that my dad doesn’t even have to say their morning order—the baristas already know what he wants...
...tainted. In July, public television network ARD sacked two of its top sports editors who, prosecutors say, had taken fees from organizers of minor sporting events in exchange for coverage. Despite these high-profile cases, corruption watchdogs say Germany is still pretty clean. "Corruption hasn't become more frequent," says Ludolf von Wartenberg, director general of the Federation of German Industries in Berlin. "It's just that the cases have become more spectacular." Indeed, studies indicate that Germany's corporate sector, together with its public authorities and political institutions, is actually becoming less dodgy. The latest corruption index published...